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CFP: Practices in the Digital Humanities Book Series

Apr

8

2014

Proposals are now being accepted for “Practices in the Digital Humanities,” a new series of short, practice-based books on the digital humanities from digitalculturebooks, an imprint of Michigan Publishing. More about the series: This book series is focused on the practices of the digital humanities by providing best practices, models, case studies, and examples of how to ...

We’re Looking for dh+lib Review Editors-at-Large for Summer 2014

Apr

8

2014

The dh+lib Review, a volunteer-driven service for highlighting and sharing the best of digital humanities and libraries, is looking for editors-at-large for the Summer 2014 semester. We’ve had a steadily increasing number of editors-at-large for each of the four semesters the Review has been in operation, and we’re hoping to continue the trend. Sign up ...

PROJECT: Beyond Citation

Apr

1

2014

Eileen Clancy (City University of NY) discusses the ideas behind Beyond Citation, a project from students in the Digital Praxis Seminar at the CUNY Graduate Center that seeks to understand how “databases shape the questions that can be asked and the arguments that can be made by scholars through search interfaces, algorithms, and the items ...

POST: Critical Code Studies Working Group: In Review

Apr

1

2014

Viola Lasmana (University of Southern California) provides a summary of the recently completed, month-long Critical Code Studies Working Group, an online discussion group based at the University of Southern California seeking to apply “humanities hermeneutics to the interpretation of the extra-functional significance of computer source code.” The first week of discussion centered around exploratory programming, ...

RESOURCE: 4R-Digitization

Apr

1

2014

4R-Digitization has launched. By relying on VC funding to scaffold a post-digital infrastructure, the project aims to model public-private partnerships in DH. From the announcement: Notable projects in DH have focused on transcription, with efforts aimed at improving Optical Character Recognition (OCR) through machine learning or employing crowdsourcing techniques to transcribe texts. Emphasizing the transformation of ...

RESOURCE: New Versions of Omeka Plugins for Solr and Fedora

Apr

1

2014

The Scholars’ Lab at the University of Virginia has announced the release of two updates to its Omeka plugins, SolrSearch and FedoraConnector. Version 2.0 of the SolrSearch plugin integrates SolrSearch, a (fast) search engine that supports advanced features like hit highlighting and faceting. The SolrSearch plugin is advantageous over the existing Omeka search in a ...

CFP: The (Digital) Lives of Cities, Midwest MLA 2014

Apr

1

2014

The DH section of the Midwest Modern Language Association is accepting paper abstracts for its upcoming conference, to be held November 13-16, 2014, in Detroit, Michigan. Possible topics include: Historical approaches to mapping and visualization Absence, silence, and (in)visibility in maps Mapping difference—class, race, gender, and accessibility Critical visual literacies Remediations and reconceptualizations of space ...

JOB: Knowledge Transfer Manager, Royal Irish Academy

Apr

1

2014

From the position announcement: “The Academy is seeking applications to fill a 16 fixed term contract position as Knowledge Transfer Manager on the DAH programme. The successful candidate will join the DRI team and be responsible for developing and delivering outreach, educational and skills training events on behalf of the DRI/RIA for the DAH programme. The Knowledge Transfer manager will ...

RECOMMENDED: Commit to DH people, not DH projects

Mar

25

2014

Miriam Posner (UCLA) has written a post calling for digital humanities centers and programs to focus on people rather than projects as a means of “investing in people’s long-term potential as scholars.” Posner outlines the benefits of investing in people and teams rather than projects, citing successful efforts at the Universities of Virginia and Maryland: ...

PROJECT: HubCab

Mar

25

2014

MIT’s SENSEable City Laboratory has shared HubCab, “an interactive map that captures the more than 170 million unique taxi trips that were made by around 13,500 taxi cabs within the City of New York in 2011.” More than a fascinating snapshot of a year in transit in New York City, the “analysis introduces the novel concept ...

JOB: Digital Repository Analyst at Center for Research Libraries

Mar

25

2014

From the announcement: The Digital Repository Analyst will assess and compare the capacity of various systems to provide long-term access to digitized news. Based on this assessment, he/she will play a key role in developing a rational methodology and process for libraries and publishers to collaborate on digitizing newspaper content to ensure broad access, interoperability, and ...